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Are you one of the millions of Americans that have a credit card bills each month that, added together, seem to engender the same response in you as a novice climber would have when setting their eyes on Mount Everest? Many feel that the debt they have accumulated over the years is uncontrollably and irrefutably [...]
Archive for August, 2008
How To Pay Down Your High Interest Debt Without Feeling The Pinch
Posted by Steve on August 31st, 2008
Posted in Credit Cards, Debt Management 
Tags: Articles about Credit Cards, Credit Cards, Debt Management 
No Comments »Are you curious about the Credit Card Industry? Get the inside scoop
Posted by admin2 on August 30th, 2008
How did the credit card industry came about and how did it become such a big business in America?
What was the tilting point in its growth explosion and how was it determined how much the minimum payment should be?
In collaboration with the New York Times, PBS’s FRONTLINE documentary Secret history of the credit card does [...]
Is There A “Best Business Card” Out There?
Posted by Steve on August 30th, 2008
There are truly an enormous variety of credit cards designed and packaged for the special and ever growing needs of the business owner. With so many new businesses starting up every day, the big players in the credit card industry have a huge segment in the market they are endeavoring to corner. With this in [...]
What Are Your Credit Cards Really Costing You?
Posted by Steve on August 29th, 2008
Credit card interest can be a financial killer if you are not handling your credit cards correctly. If you are only paying the minimum amount of money on your cards each month, you are setting yourself up for a large financial downfall. Imagine you carry a balance of $5,000 in credit card debt with an [...]
Credit Card Kiting
Posted by admin2 on August 29th, 2008
Taking advantage of the float on checks to obtain loans is illegal, it’d called Check Kiting.
But taking advantage of Credit Card float is perfectly legal. And with so many credit cards enticing good borrowers with alluring balance transfers offers, often times one full year at 0%, some people are taking advantage of this one full [...]
Posted in Credit Cards Tags: Balance Transfer Cards, Credit Cards, Credit Score, Low Interest Credit Cards No Comments »Don’t Like Travel Restrictions? No Problem
Posted by Steve on August 28th, 2008
You have finally earned enough points using your credit card to actually qualify for a free airline ticket. It has taken you awhile since they don’t accrue very fast, but sure enough you got there. You consult your calendar, you peruse the myriad of travel destinations that you wish to enjoy and then make your [...]
Posted in Credit Cards Tags: Airline Credit Cards, Business Credit Cards, Credit Cards, Discover, Rewards No Comments »Lowest APR Credit Card (not a catchphrase)
Posted by Steve on August 28th, 2008
Are you fed up of hearing this redundant catchphrase of lowest APR credit card available today? Is there really any way to tell who is the lowest? Is it really even that important in the first place? The truth is that it’s very pertinent if you are not paying your entire [...]
Be Heard! Express your opinion about the credit card industry to the Federal Reserve Board
Posted by admin2 on August 27th, 2008
The Federal Reserve Board, lead by Ben Bernanke, is proposing new rules for lending practices specifically geared toward the Credit Card industry, to be precise it’s the Regulation AA – Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices [R-1314]. And Bernanke wants to hear from you, and they made it as easy as sending an email.
So, [...]
How long will it take you to pay off your Credit Card?
Posted by admin2 on August 27th, 2008
The other day we published the article How Much Credit card Debt do Americans Have? where, according to data released by Consumer Federation of America, the average American Household has $8,500 on credit card debt.
We love numbers, and we started wondering how long will it take the average American Household to pay off their average [...]
Posted in Credit Cards, News Tags: Articles about Credit Cards, Credit Cards, Most Popular, News 1 Comment »People want more. More cowbells, More out of life, more more more . . . it is the American way. Discover Card delivers it with the More Card and its Get More program
Posted by admin2 on August 27th, 2008
Why settle for less when you can have more?
Don’t you need more cowbells? And more bells and whistles from your credit card?
Imagine a card that constantly delivers more:
Instant online approval.
Low introductory APR on purchases.
Low introductory APR on balance transfers.
5% to 20% Cashback Bonus at top online retailers in the ShopDiscover Network (*).
5% cashback Bonus in [...]
